Container partition structure



Oct. 2 1, 1952 c. R. ROSS 2,614,715

, CONTAINER PARTITION STRUCTURE Filed April 1, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 21, 1952 c, oss 2,614,715

coutrAxuER PARTITION STRUCTURE Filed April 1, 1949 s Sheets-Sheet 2 Flu 3-8 c. R. Ross CONTAINER PARTIT Oct. 21, 1952 ION STRUCTURE 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed April 1, 1949 lying-crosswiseto each other.=-=

Patented Oct. 21, 1952 t v I 1 I Appli J1... '5 5 .Y *This' invention relates to partition stru turesg i=5tructures"' may be formed of two -'or--' more jointed parts of strip-or plate form'ationfin a variety of ways, such-as by welding, riveting. or by notching-the "parts to-fit togetherf- When :the members are notchedthey must a not: 'be' 'too greatly weakened thereby; When riveting orwelding i's employed considerable time is-required tofabricate the structure; 'For exarnple cratesinclude division members; forfurnishing-skeleton compartments for bottles o'r other containers,- made of strip formation, rods,- 01' other elements :The-mainobjectof. this invention is to provide an improved form of jointed structure including two or more membersiofwhich at leastLone i5 formedfromaplate M According to the present invention there is pro vidediamethodlof -forming a membertor -ajointed structure consisting-in subjecting a plate to cutting; expandin and pressi-ng processes to assume a shape including zat' least one-U sliaped v, .B IQN super-one. i a Cyril-"Roland Ros's, Ilkley, E land; assi nor n;

* Ross :Brosi 'wen Rhyddingl Limited, Ilkley,

England,aBritisheompany new mini 1 misgsernimsi j eatm pri i llilfla fi ni e (oifzzomega).

gated- --main'fdivision members, -accor;

provide'an; elongated strip-member with 'Q-{Sh clips at intervals with projecting tongue notches The method of forming a division; striiotnre for crates may 'consis-t in forming a nijrnberof elon; di etc the.

- foregoing-paragraph and locating fsairl members elipiadapted .to receive. a -separate secondary member 1 which is joined by theiclipto the' -firs-t member. .The secondary memberaof anydesired shape and sectionto .fit-theuclipzmaym erelytrest inor be secured in'theclip. If-the latter it may be. retained by. applying pressure to the lwalls bf the clip,- byoneor both .oi isaid walls or by. tongue 'means..;: 1 @1550 according .ato. :the present. invention :there provided; a; method of forming :amember for 'a jointed structure 'or'. division member .for'. a,- crate or the. like. consisting. forming asubstantially re an ular. plateto apredetermined size with shaped-homers a d a slit .e tendinainwarcily immune-edge. parallel; with oppositeside edges. ai shaped ners i mine least -.one.:ton ue and not h, nress sethis p rt of the, p ate into..-a nlanee ight. angles to the plate, extending; the plate o .Qp n outn he slit and then subjecting it. We sha ng. o era inn oriorm an elon ateestrip wit a u shap d HP hay ne t leasizzeneitongue n noth-.-,.The me hane: ioimine e member for a jp nt cl tn cture, aerate prthe-l eqn s inform ng a rect ngular iece plate to a-n edet rmined size. w hhap sl orners. and

slits parallel to each other passing inwa-ndly'ifrom oppos t ed es. alternately, eachjslit at; its outer end being 'shapeghto; angular formation so as to snbseqllfintly iorn'l. aat'least onevtongue and notch andpressing the 'slitziedge's into' a plane at-ri'ght anglesto. the plate, I extending "the plate longitudinall y to open out the. slits and then subject ingrthe extended plate to pressing operations to predetermined intervals and such clips may open I at space'd intervals at right angles to plain'see ondary clivisionmembers with the U-s'h apeCIcIilQQ embracing thelatter so that all the fdivision me'm bers arefin one plane; and then pressingthe elip tongues'around thesecondarydivision members into'the notohesp A division {structure for av crate may incliicle' 1 one or more elongated main, division mQm IfT S furnished. with one or more u-shaped'g i gf m its length, said clips-dying at right angles with a tongue onat least oneside of the 1 yt'o be pressed -around a secondary division-member inserted into theclip atright angles-to memam division member so that the tongue lockisiit position and ent'er-s ,9. notch on the other side off the clips A division member may 'be ilii'hiShe'tl withaA-number of U-shaped 'elip's arrangedej onto the upper and lower edges of the member alternately to receive cross 'second'arydivision members from above andfbelow the mai-nkiivifsion member. The secondary-division members.

' maybe-furnished with shallow notches whet? each clip- 0f a main division member is {adapt g1, tobelocated. gf' Referring now to the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is aperspe t ve view of a. p ateaftsi the fi st sl ing qpe at on'ior iorming, a; T. c pii" Y e- 2 is a plate a ter flthel'seconii extend- ,8, ope atio i F 3 a perspectiveview oi the. forms men:

' F g, A is a perspective view p darxmembsri of a. notched i -=5 sho s the. twe members mm:

seiner;

QE'ig G shows :the two members: he d at j ;h i' iointbr-cr mpins;

Fig. Tis a Perspective view of a-plat'e after the first slitting and shapingoperation for forming a single clip with tongues and notches -Fig-. '8 is a. perspective view of a plate after the first slitting and shaping operation for forming several-clips with tongues and notches;

sped} 1 t I strip on one face thereof but in the same p ane jointed structure forming division members for.

a. crate.

In a particular embodiment of thi v i shown in Figs. 1 to 6, a plate I of met l is cuthto a A substantially rectangular shape ;and a predetermined size according to the length and depth-of":

member required. A slit 2 is then formed ex:

tending from one edge to terminate'a givensdis tance from the opposite second edge and running parallel with the two remaining edges.= 'Theslitcan terminate in a smallhole 3 to prevent cracking or tearing ofthe plate during further operations The second edge is turned up. at right v (or other) angles to the plate and the bending line 4 is,,-th roughv the small hole at right angles to'the t-A M at i e irxisn d n ow ne tofo penv the slit rintihthe-plate parts 5 divided by the slit :becomealigned with each-other; and

thethirdbent uplpartt bends in-line with the slit to. form aU. -shaped clip '1 lfhisclip lies on one face of the finished member r8-.andat. right anglesthereto unless it is additionally-bent into a, desired position. .Ifrequired'the second edge isbent to a less (or greater) angle than-a; right angle and thenthe aforesaid two parts 5 -are,not

; opened out .to an, aligned position. but intoa- V- formation ,withthe clipat the-juncture projecting outwardly (or inwardly) from said parts. A separate secondary member pi "any desired section, it could .be' a strip 9.,or. plate or .-rod, -m ay be inserted into the clip to merely irest therein or be secured in any convenient manner. The walls .of the clipcduld be squeezed -infirmly as shown in to grip the secondary membergbeindented or 'def ormed or crimped; as shown in Fig. 6. The secondary member is shown notched at 0 for location and/or fastening; purposes, but this is optional. 1-. -.:j In a modification shown in Fig. 7, the plate .la 1 out to formtwoithere.maybe more). tongues lii.,, .;a nd is ,alsog,notched; at 12' to. receive the tongues, on the clip for turning over; to hold a secondary member in position.- Either .ofjthe members may also have tongues or other; integral partsior securing themember ormembers. to a structure or other part. 7 H;

.In another embodiment of this invention shown in'Figs'. 8'to l2, aplate lb of metal is cut to a substantially rectangular shape and a predetermined size according tothe length and depth or member required. Slits 2 are then formed inlthe plate from each longitudinal edge to run'inwardly alternately from opposite edges and adapted'fto terminate short of the opposite edge. At the commencement each slit is of angular formation,

longitudinal eclg'efor a short'distanc'e, secondly almost at right angles at I4 to run almost parallel; to the said longitudinaledge, thirdly at l5 at right angles inwardly, pfourthly at 16 at right angles back para-llel'withthe longitudinal edgaand the second slit-l4: (for a .less distance than the; latter) and then the; main part of the slit runs straight, acr ssv theplate parallel with the end e dges to terminate ,in a small hole 3 short of the, other longitudinal .edge; ;The inner 4 end of the long slit terminates short of the longitudinal edge of the plate in alignment with the fourth angular slits 16 adjacent said edge. The angular formations of the slits are made to cut out tongues II and receiving notches l2. When the slits are being made from the opposite edges in the above manner by-ya pressing pr stamping operation, twd of the corners ll'l bf"the .-plate are cut away to be complementary to the angular parts of the slits and the other longitudinal edge iscut away to form end fixing tongues l8 at the corners; The plate shown in Fig. 8 is flat but the pressing toolinay be modified to form the plate .Jc as 'shown'in Fig. 9 so that the tongues II are 15' ationof bending the tongues over during assem- (my, Apart from this minor feature the two plates given'a'curvaturewhich facilitates the later operare identical and further operations are alike and are shown and described according to the modifled plate. The longitudinal edges are next turnedupwardly to form parts [9 as shownin Fig. 10.-to be at right angles-to the plateand the bending line in each case isv on the.- aforesaid fourthslits it which lie parallelwith the -longi tudinal edges. --The next operation comprises ex-i tending the plate longitudinally in its own plane as shown in Fig; 11 so ,thatthe slits open outwto form a skeleton structure which is then pressed so that it-is developed into an elongatedmember 20 shown in'Fig,; l2 The memberis of apre-i determined length and a 'depth equal, to thBfdiS-w tance between the slits -With'narrow U-shaped clip members 2| at spaced intervals in thelength of 'the member. The clip members projectfat rightlangles .to the memberon one face-thereof. The clips alternate inthat they open alternately on the upper and lower edges of the memberiand each have a tongue] I and notch 12 side vbyside on-each side. of a clip.-:-Each.tongue is opposite a notch on" the other side -:of i the clip and thus eventually'a notch can'receive a tongue. J

A number-of main membersldconstructed as abovegcan be associated with cross secondary members 9 (with end tongues '22)"which are of plain formation: other than cslight' notches HI .formed in their upper-and lower-edges to accommodate-;the clips. This; en'sure'asv that the clips when in position :cannot "slide? on a secondary member. Secondary members areL-fitted into-the" various clips and then the clip tongues are be'nt' over theedges'of the secondary division members. within the shallow'recessesand -the'n into main division" member's. The" i structure can] be associated with '9; crate 23 many desire "manner such'as'by fitting the'tong'ued e'nds I18 of the division members 11 throughf slots' in the frame members 24 25 'of the'cra'te and tiirning, swaging,' or riveting the end mn uescver' to lock the'divi sio'n members into positi'on Theframemembers 23, 24may be secured in the crate structure'in any. desired niannen'i. Y r v l It will be understooda main division orother member can befo'rmed with oneclip or any desired number; of clips intermediate its' ends depending upon what sizev and type of division-orotheristructure is-required. A joint or joints can beformed readily inijthe; above manner between two or more, members to suit the requirements and a transverse or secondary member need not extend on both sides of a main member.

What I claim is:

1. A partition structure adapted for insertion into a receptacle for dividing the same into a plurality of compartments, said structure comprising at least one main division member and at least two secondary division members, each main division member comprising at least three alined flat division sections integrally joined to each other through alternate flat U-shaped clips which extend laterally from the plane of said division sections; said U,shaped clips each comprising two fiat walls lying parallel to each other, each clip wall being integral with one division section along one edge thereof and beingintegral with its other clip wall along another edge thereof, and each secondary division member comprising a flat strip seated in a clip between th two walls thereof.

2. A partition structure according to claim 1 in which one wall of the U-shaped clip has an integral tongue extending from the upper edge thereof and bent across the edge of the secondary division member seated therein.

3. A partition structure according to claim 1 in which one wall of said U-shaped clip has an integral tongue extending from the upper edge thereof and bent across the edge of the secondary division member seated therein and the other wall has a notch therein receiving said bent over tongue.

4. A partition structure according to claim 1 in which said secondary division member has a shallow-recess in one edge thereof which straddles the closed end of the U-shaped clip.

5. A partition structure according to claim 1 in which one wall of the U-shaped clip has an integral tongue extending from the upper edge thereof and bent across the edge of the secondary division member seated therein and in which the secondary division memberhas shallow recesses in the opposite edges thereof one of which recesses straddles the closed endof the U-shaped clip and the other of which straddles said tongue.

CYRIL ROLAND ROSS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,114,567 Woods Oct. 20, 1914 1,131,773 Davidson Mar. 16, 1915 1,774,660 Nelson Sept.- 2, 1930 2,145,106 Anderson Jan. 24, 1939 2,479,741 Grimland "Aug. 2 3, 1949 

